Chapter 112: General Realm

Hearing Laba’s words from behind, Jiang Xincheng smiled faintly and walked quickly toward the outskirts of Aji City.

He planned to consume the Stone of Wisdom in Gaozang Province, a region with towering mountains and sparse population, allowing his spiritual sense and soul to undergo an unprecedented transformation. This would greatly enhance his comprehension, enabling him to grasp advanced Primordial Force Cultivation Methods and Combat Techniques more quickly and effectively.

After buying some ready-to-eat foods like cooked beef, roasted chicken, and roasted duck, along with some drinks, Jiang Xincheng left Aji City and arrived at an abandoned cave nearby. Inside, he found a hidden crevice, concealed himself within it, and blocked the entrance, leaving a space several meters wide. After eating some food and replenishing his energy, he took out the Stone of Wisdom.

The deep blue Stone of Wisdom shimmered with a faint light. When he probed it with his spiritual sense, he could feel terrifying fluctuations of power—the unique vibrations of a Mutated Yuan Crystal, which closely resembled the fluctuations of Primordial Force. The difference was so slight that ordinary Practitioners could not distinguish between them.

As a result, Mutated Yuan Crystals were often mistaken for Yuan Crystals by some Primordial Warriors. Consuming them led to unpredictable consequences. It was said that when the Primordial Ultimate Art first spread across the world, many renowned figures used Yuan Crystals for cultivation. However, within just a few months, several of these figures either had their Meridians and Dantian destroyed, rendering them unable to cultivate forever, or had their Primordial Force contaminated, forcing them to discard it and start over. Some even exploded and died on the spot.

These incidents terrified the world’s prominent figures. For the first time, the research institutions of Earth’s Three Super Factions collaborated to study Mutated Yuan Crystals. After several months, they produced the world’s first Elemental Crystals Tester, specifically designed to distinguish between Yuan Crystals and Mutated Yuan Crystals.

Within less than a year, as more and more cases of accidental consumption of Mutated Yuan Crystals leading to fatal explosions occurred worldwide, the Elemental Crystals Tester spread across the globe. By now, it had become a common instrument in cities.

Sensing the surging power within the Stone of Wisdom, Jiang Xincheng took a deep breath, a smile on his face. He placed his hands on the Stone of Wisdom and activated the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method, channeling the unique energy within the stone.

The energy within any object—whether it was Primordial Force, medicinal power, or the power of Mutated Yuan Crystals—could not be absorbed without a special method to guide it. Thus, although Earth was filled with Yuan Stones, and almost everything contained them, most Earth Practitioners did not accidentally absorb the energy within Yuan Stones during cultivation, avoiding unimaginable consequences.

As the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method took effect, the unique energy of the Mutated Yuan Crystal surged out from the Stone of Wisdom and flowed into Jiang Xincheng’s body.

Feeling the immense quantity and quality of this unique energy, Jiang Xincheng’s expression shifted slightly. He quickly slowed down the operation of the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method, absorbing the unique energy from the Stone of Wisdom at an almost turtle-like pace.

As the first wisp of unique energy entered his Spirit Sense Sea, Jiang Xincheng felt his entire body tremble. It was as if he had been struck by a sudden realization, making everything around him appear clearer than ever before.

Stones, small insects, wild grass, tiny flowers, leaves… everything seemed extraordinarily vivid and fascinating, as if they were right beside him, and he could perceive every detail about them.

Their appearances, characteristics, growth conditions… everything seemed to lay bare before him, clearer than clear, more evident than evident.

However, this sensation lasted only a moment. As the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method continued to operate, this unique energy was refined into pure Spiritual Sense Power and a peculiar blue-purple energy, which then entered the depths of his spiritual sense—the place where his soul resided.

The unique energy within this Stone of Wisdom Mutated Yuan Crystal seemed to be of two kinds. One transformed into pure Spiritual Sense Power, while the other turned into a blue-purple energy that entered the depths of his spiritual sense to nurture and strengthen his soul.

Strand by strand, drop by drop… like a spring rain moistening everything silently, or water dripping to wear away a Dripping Water Stone, it influenced everything quietly, causing Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power to grow increasingly vast and the soul power at the core of his spiritual sense to become increasingly powerful.

Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power began to grow at a lightning-like pace—neither too fast nor too slow, just right. While enhancing his Spiritual Sense Power, this unique energy also gently warmed his Spirit Sense Sea, making it more robust and his foundation more solid.

After absorbing just a few strands of the Stone of Wisdom’s energy, Jiang Xincheng could already feel the stone’s potency—gentle, powerful, and miraculous. It did not violently assault his body, causing irreversible consequences that would leave him struggling to control it, as had been the case when he absorbed the energy of the Mutated Yuan Crystal in Nanhai City.

If not for Jiang Xincheng’s astonishingly strong willpower, he would never have been able to endure such transformation and evolution, wasting vast amounts of the unique energy.

The transformation brought by the Stone of Wisdom occurred silently, gentle and continuous, making him feel incredibly comfortable. It allowed him to undergo an unprecedented metamorphosis in a state of joy and ease.

This pleasure was like slipping into a warm blanket on a freezing winter day while trembling, with a lovely companion by his side. It was also like being in a scorching desert in the heat of summer, on the brink of death from thirst, and then receiving a bottle of cool mineral water to drink in one go—a satisfaction that was utterly addictive.

This was the first time Jiang Xincheng had consumed a treasure with such heaven-defying effects and such delightful aftereffects.

Within his Spirit Sense Sea, the milky-white Spiritual Sense Power continued to expand. Though it seemed to grow slowly, it was relentless and imperceptibly reached an astonishing scale.

Several hours later, Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power reached the peak of the late Soldier Realm. It had nearly doubled in strength and become several times purer than before. He encountered the bottleneck of the late Soldier Realm. As long as he could break through this barrier, his Spiritual Sense Power would transcend the Soldier Realm and reach the unprecedented General Realm.

However, Jiang Xincheng was not at all worried about this breakthrough. Under the influence of the Stone of Wisdom’s unique energy, he clearly perceived strands of this energy, like the roots of plants, slowly drilling into the obstacles of his Divine Sense Maze. They spread across the barrier walls, covering them entirely.

These strands of unique energy drilled, pushed, and seized every opportunity to penetrate the barrier walls, gradually creating tiny cracks. The number of cracks increased, and they grew larger. When the cracks reached a certain number and size, the barrier walls would collapse completely. And at this moment, that time was very, very near.